LEADERSHIP 2018-2019

Director

Prasann Ranade⌄

Hey there! I’m Prasann, a fourth-year Human Biology and Society B.S. major from San Jose, California. Being part of Total Wellness allows me to learn and write about fascinating health and wellness topics, like what spices to add to my food or what medicine to take. On my downtime, you can find me drinking chai and other kinds of tea, cooking Indian food, and thinking about spirituality. In the future, I hope to travel the world to study and treat infectious diseases.

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editor-in-chief

Rachel Tsao ⌄

Thanks for stopping by! My name is Rachel and I am a third-year Psychobiology major and Food Studies minor. I have always been interested in issues of health and wellness, and being part of UCLA Total Wellness has only further consolidated that zeal. My journey as a staff writer and now, as Editor-in-Chief has played an important role in shaping some of the goals and values I have today. For example, it has encouraged me to seek out new ways to be healthy in my own life, as well as inspired me to empower others to take charge of their own health. When I am not working with my team of staff writers at Total Wellness or frantically finishing up assignments for classes, you can find me practicing yoga, developing recipes, watching Food Network, and exploring vegan spots in LA.

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managing editor

Robert Valencia⌄

Hey there, my name is Robert and I’m a fourth year neuroscience major and global health minor. I’m currently the managing editor for the magazine, but I started off as a writer. I’ve been a part of Total Wellness since my sophomore. I’m passionate about teaching people about how to practice self-care and to improve their health and being a part of this magazine has enabled me to do just that.

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Copy Editor

Sarah Noorani ⌄

My name is Sarah Noorani, and I am a fourth-year Neuroscience major. I am the copy editor for Total Wellness. I initially joined Total Wellness as a writer because I wanted to learn more about health and spread health awareness at UCLA. Being part of this organization has both increased my own knowledge and allowed me to relate scientific information to the UCLA student body in a way that is easy to understand. Even though I love being healthy, I still love having boba (who doesn't?). I also enjoy running, baking, and hanging out with friends.

totalwellnesscopyed@gmail.com

Assistant Editor

Bhavya Malladi ⌄

Hi, I’m Bhavya and I’m a third year Biochemistry major and aspiring Cognitive Science minor! Becoming a writer and editor for Total Wellness has allowed me to pursue my passion for health education and my interest in writing. Outside of TW, I love dancing and promoting South Asian culture through UCLA Taara. In my free time, I enjoy reading and listening to Hamilton!

Art director

Stephanie Yang ⌄

Hello! My name is Stephanie, and I’m a third year Psychobiology major at UCLA. I am currently the Art Director of Total Wellness and have been a staff designer ever since freshman year at UCLA. As part of my role, I help manage a team of staff designers, review drafts and final designs of the magazine spreads, and compile everyone’s work into the beloved magazine that we make! I joined Total Wellness because I have a love for design and thought it would be the perfect opportunity for me to continue that passion in college and, simultaneously, improve UCLA’s health literacy. A little bit about me: my favorite foods are rice and sushi; I’m a really big movie nerd and love having deep conversations about life; in my free time, I love looking for beautiful places to go someday and spending time with family!

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assistant art director

Amy Choi

STAFF 2017-2018

WRITERS ⌄

Sydnie Bui

Ruchi Desai

Shriya Didwania

Katie Farr

Jennifer Gethers

Momoko Ishiioon

Syuk Jun

Omid Mirfendereski

Payam Mirfendereski

Masumi Padhye

Sepideh Parhami

Jasmine Sidhu

Sabrin Sidhu

Richa Vakharia

Natalie Vawter

Nancy Vu

Jefferey Yeung

Total Wellness writers are committed to presenting quality health information that is both accurate and interesting. They thoroughly research articles using peer-reviewed scientific journals and pull information from relevant new studies. Multiple drafts are reviewed by our copy editors and citations are checked for validity. Each article is read and edited by a professional reviewer, an expert in the field most relevant to the article. Writers work with the designer assigned to their article to ensure the layout and images of the article meaningfully convey the information within the text. The final product of all this hard work is an aesthetically pleasing and informative in-print and online article. Writers start their training as interns and are promoted to staff writers after one quarter.

designers ⌄

Katie Allio

Sophia Fang

Alison Jeng

Jenna Le

Amir Ljuljanovic

Jackie Nguyen

Nezia Rahman

Edith Ramirez

Kimberly Rich

Molly Sanders

Eunji Song

Kandice Tsoi

The designers at Total Wellness are important as they bring the articles to life and create the clean, professional look of the magazine. The design process starts with the designers choosing one article that they want to design. If desired, the designer can meet with the writer of the article and discuss the article’s design. Next, the designers, brainstorm, manipulate the text layout and images using Adobe InDesign, and make a pdf file to which final aesthetic changes are made before the article is published.

Web DESIGNERS ⌄

Rachel Tsao

Our Web Team is responsible for designing and maintaining our new website, hosted by Squarespace. Members of the web team write all text blurbs that appear online, manage the layout of text and images, update the site as issues are released, and will soon be transposing our entire archive of articles into a web format.

Outreach ⌄

Ayesha Parikh

Christina Pham

The outreach team is a very important and growing component of Total Wellness. We strive to reach as many people as we can by way of distributing fliers and magazines, advertising Total Wellness at Student Wellness Commision (SWC) and UCLA events, advertising our magazine at fraternities and sororities, and being active on social media websites such as Facebook and Instagram. We are always trying to come up with new ideas for how to reach out and increase our number of readers.